One is a Republican...and one is a long-time Democrat and supporter of other Democrat administrations. But both former Defense Secretaries Robert Gates and Leon Panetta have one thing in common: they BOTH accuse the president of "micromanaging" the military. Can you imagine a president with ZERO military experience trying to micromanage the U.S. military???? Even those in the past WITH military experience were not THAT arrogant. Gates and Panetta Blast Obama for Micromanaging Military Military.comNov 17, 2014 | by Richard Sisk Former Defense Secretaries Robert Gates and Leon Panetta have joined in accusing President Obama and the White House National Security Council staff (NSC) of micromanaging the military to the point of attempting to set up direct lines of communication to combatant commanders. "It was micromanagement that drove me crazy," Gates said at the Reagan National Defense Forum at President Ronald Reagan's library in California over the weekend. Gates said he had to deal with members of the NSC staff who directly called four-star generals on matters of strategy and tactics. The White House also attempted to make direct contact with Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC), Gates said. "I told JSOC if they got a call from the White House you tell them to go to hell and call me," Gates said to a round of applause from the audience. Gates said the Obama White House too often let politics influence the policy when it came to the Defense Department. "I think when a President wants highly centralized control at the White House, that's not bureaucratic, that's political," said Gates, a Republican." AND in case, you think it's only Republican Robert Gates; think again. Leon Panetta feels the exact same way: "At the same forum, Panetta, a Democrat, had similar criticisms of Obama and his staff on military matters, and singled out the current campaign against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in which Obama has ruled out the use ground combat troops. "Never tell your enemy what the hell you're going to do," Panetta said." http://www.military.com/daily-news/...a-blast-obama-for-micromanaging-military.html
It's really hard to believe we've made it 6 years under the 0 so-called leadership. The fool not only has zero military experience, but he has zero experience in anything, period. It's by the grace of God and decent men in other leadership roles that we've managed to survive.
Can I imagine a president so full of his own self perceived magnificence that he tries to micro manage the whole Pentagon? I don't have to imagine. We have Obama.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Fox News Channel correspondent Geraldo Rivera is being expelled from Iraq for broadcasting details about future U.S. troop movements in the country, according to the Pentagon. Obama should be expelled from the WH for giving away details about military strategy to the enemy.
